Rob the Archives

Rob the Archives

Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Casualty 1

on-cast —

Exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn.

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, exile a card.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Rob the Archives:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Rob the Archives:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Rob the Archives, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

  1. Antagonist Incorporator — Antagonist Incorporator is fodder for Rob the Archives
  2. Third Path Iconoclast — Third Path Iconoclast is fodder for Rob the Archives
  3. Drake Hatcher — Drake Hatcher is fodder for Rob the Archives
  4. Bothersome Noisemaker — Bothersome Noisemaker is fodder for Rob the Archives
  5. Informed Inkwright — Informed Inkwright is fodder for Rob the Archives
  6. Young Pyromancer — Young Pyromancer is fodder for Rob the Archives
  7. Sokenzan Smelter — Sokenzan Smelter is fodder for Rob the Archives
  8. Flamewright — Flamewright is fodder for Rob the Archives
  9. Korozda Guildmage — Korozda Guildmage is fodder for Rob the Archives
  10. Stitcher's Apprentice — Stitcher's Apprentice is fodder for Rob the Archives

2,710 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Rob the Archives, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

When Rob the Archives is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Rob the Archives is one).

When Rob the Archives is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.